Cap



C. KOPPMAN CAP Aug, 28, 1923.

Fiied Nov. e. 1921 ril/11111) www l TTORNEY Fatented Ang. 28, 1923.

narran stares isteria' earner oretta CHARLES KOPPMAN, or Nnw Yoan, N. Y.,-AssisNon 'ro 'rim CAPANHAT co. rNo.,

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Application filed, November To all whom t may] cof/cern v VBe it known 'that l, CHARLES KorrMAN, a citizen of the United. States of America, and a resident of Newr York, county o-f Bronx, and State of New York, have invented. cer-V tain new and useful Improvements in Caps, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to caps, particuiarly those used by men or boys, and

has for its object to provide a constructionV which will permit the cap' to be easily and conveniently adjusted to different sizes, whereby the manufacture of caps may be considerably simplified. My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing-in which similar reference characters denote corresponding` parts and in which lT ig. 1 is a bottom plan view of my novel cap; Fig. A2 a perspective AView thereof Fig. f3 a longitudinal section'. on line 3 3 of Fig. 2 somewhat enlarged;.Fig. l an inner view of apart of the cap and Fig. 5 an enlarged cross section online 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing more in detail '7 10 denotes a capA which as usually is provided with a peak 11 and meansy such as press button 12 and eyelet 18 or the like whereby the front part of the crown may be fastened Vin a downwardly folded position to the peak.

Ytwo straps 15, 16 of suitable material suchV as cloth or the like which are adapted to be folded over the front lower part of the crown near Vthe upper edge of the peak and which are provided attheir free ends with suitable tightening means, whereby the two straps can be adjustably fastened together after the cap is expanded orcontracted to the particular size desired. l

For the tightening of the straps various means of known Vconstruction may be used.A In the present embodiment of vmy invention an ordinary buckle 17 may be provided which is fastened to the free end of one of the straps. The two straps are s o admeasured in length that the buckle 17 will be located in about the center of the front lower part of theY crown so to be entirely concealed between the downwardly folded part of the crown s, 1921. serial No. 513,758.

the like andwhichis concealedby the lining i 19. This reinforcing strip or band'which extends around the inner face of the rim is cut away at points opposite the attachment points 11i of the straps so that the parts of the crown between these points 11 and the peak remain soft and can lbe gathered or A puckered to :reduce the size of the cap.

The band 20 which is usually sewed to the lower edge of the crown andfolde'd inwardly.'l

around the reinforced rim of the cap, in the present construction is split in front, and its stitches 20 whereby it is attached toi-the crown extend only to theattachment points 111v of the straps. The'end portions 20.2 of said band are passed through .vertical slots or recesses in the crown, located a distance substantially equal to or slightly larger than the distance between the points 111 and the peak and adapted to be concealed by the folded part of the crown when attached to the peak. These end portions 202 are attached to the straps s0 that when drawn together by the tightening of the straps, will contract the rim of the crown to the desiredextent causing the flexible or soft parts Vbetween the points 14 and the peak to be gathered -up or puckered as shown at 22. The slots or recesses 10' are arranged transversely of the rim portion' of the cap and are of a length about 'equal to the width of said rim portion'to hold the end portions of said band in tangential relation to the latter, so that when said end portions 202 are drawn together bythe tightening of the straps, the rim portion only will be contracted and therefore the puckering or gath-V ering of the Amaterial'will be confined to that portion. A

ln order that the plaits formed by the gathering. of the material maybe of uniform pretetermined shape, a loop shaped band 23 of some flexible material, as ribbon or the like, isattached at 23 to the innerpface of each strap and is passed in a Zig-zag manner through two or more slots or recesses 103, 103 cut in the part of lthe crown adapted Vto be gathered up (Fig. V3). When by the Ytight- Aening of the stra-ps the end portions 20 of the band are drawn together, the parts of les the rim 'between the attachment point 14 and the corresponding sides of the peak il will he gathered into plaits of a Width equal to the distances hetweenthe slots 103, 103.

rihus by the above described construction the cap may he easily and conveniently adjusted to lit various sizes, While the means for adjustment are well concealed from View and therefore do not affect the general ap Ypearance of the cap. Y

Since various' modifications may be made inthe construction without departing freni thev principle of my inventiton l do not Wish to restrict myself, to the details shown and described..

Nhat claim and Vdesire to Vsecure by Letters Patent is n l. A cap having a peak, a rim a part of which only is reinforced, the non-*reinforced partsloeing located at the sides of said peak, said non-reinforced parts having` several transversely extendingslots, a hand attached to the linner face of the reinforced part of the rim and having end extensions passing outwardly each through one of said slots, Vstraps attached to the outer face of said rim at the endsfof the reinforced part thereof and having means for tightening said straps l together, the loutwardly passing ends of said extensions being attached to said straps so that 0n tightening the latter, the non-reini y i `,1L/saliva said rim at the ends of the Vreinforced part thereof, and having means for tighteningsaid straps together, the outwardly passing ends of said extensions being attached to said straps, so that on tightening the lah terthe non-reinforced parts of said rim Will he gathered to form plaits, and loops attached to said strapsV and passed innig-Zag through the other slots on the corresponding sides of the rim to cause said plaits to arrange themselves uniformly and'in a predetermined fashion. l

Signed at New Yorln'thisth day of November, 1921'. c

p CHARLES KOPPMAN. v Witnesses: y

Lours W. MUSBAUM, DAVID KAPsDEN. 

